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corder of Indian myths and life around him. The former occupation broughthim success and money; the latter, after eighty-eight years, will now bringhim recognition from historians, folklorists, and anthropologists. For morethan a decade, Dorothy Hatfield, who discovered the illusive Tuggle manu-scripts, and Eugene Current-Garcia have labored long and well editing theTuggle Indian diaries, Washington journals, sketches of life in Indian Ter-ritory, and Indian myths. Their efforts have been rewarded with the publi-cation of this fine volume by the University of Georgia Press.The volume includes an introduction, the Tuggle manuscripts, and threeappendices. Fortunately, the editors refrained from extensively editing themanuscripts and, for the most part, allowed Tuggle to tell his own storyand make his own observations. From his writings Tuggle emerges as afascinating human being. He was a veritable Samuel Pepys observing allaround him and finding nothing too insignificant to jot down in his note-books. His comments on life in the Indian Territory and his observationson Washington politicians and important issues will be of especial interestto historians. Though the editors kept Tuggle's prose and enhanced thevolume by including helpful marginal headings, they could have done muchmore to assist the reader in understanding the narrative. For example, thebook is practically devoid of explanatory footnotes, except in Chapter IV;personalities, events, places, and general comments are allowed to standunidentified. The book contains an incomplete index, and no pictures (ex-cept on the jacket), bibliography, or bound maps-two are included sep-arately from the book. Also, the introductory material on Tuggle's life isinadequate. One is left to conjecture about how Tuggle rose as a lawyer,bow he secured the job as Creek legal agent, and even how he died. De-spite these shortcomings, the book is fascinating and the editors should becongratulated for rescuing Tuggle from oblivion.East Tennessee State University ARTHUR H. DEROSIER, JR.Where the Wagon Led. By R. D. Symons. (New York: Doubleday andCompany, Inc., 1973. Pp. xxxi+343. Illustrations, glossary. $8.85.)Recent range reminiscences consist mostly of rehashed bucolic lore asrank and worn as old saddle-blankets. In a poor affection of cowpoke "style"that would insult the intelligence of even a yokel who had learned to read,the writers contrive to spur vapid personal experiences to life, like eagerrodeo performers trying to rake a spirited ride from a dull bronc. Where theWagon Led suffers negligibly from this brand of humbug. Despite the nos-talgic syndrome endemic to recollections of the passing frontier, Symons's